Example sentences of "can [be] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principle of cultural revolution offers an outline of ways in which there can be both effective association and new forms of negotiation beyond specific associations . |
| 2 | Plumbing can be physically hard work . |
| 3 | Yet this relation , marked by many forms of co-operation , interaction and two-way movement between the ‘ market ’ and ‘ subsidized ’ areas , is nevertheless always precarious , for there can be little real doubt that it is the dominant area , the market , which either determines , or emphasizes and de-emphasizes , prevailing types of production , and there are then the familiar asymmetries : ( i ) between the notion of a necessary ‘ high culture ’ — and the pressures of the market on its continued viability ; and ( ii ) between the notion of plural ( ‘ liberal ’ ) culture and the actual profit-governed market selection of what can be readily distributed or even , in some areas , offered at all . |
| 4 | At the time of publication the county courts in London have yet to adopt this rate , but it is submitted that there can be little real argument that the same rate should not be applied . |
| 5 | And this week the IMF made public what everyone has been saying in private : that there can be little foreign help on offer until the Soviet Union reforms its ‘ rotten ’ economy . |
| 6 | Comparisons between the rugs of certain groups are more difficult because they are produced in such a diverse range of qualities that the gulf between the best and worst pieces may be greater than that between the groups themselves : e.g. , the lowest grade of workshop Kerman may cost slightly less than a good quality Russian Shirvan , but the finest workshop Kermans can be over five times the price . |
| 7 | They are magnificent birds to watch in flight , soaring effortlessly on wings which can be over two metres from tip to tip . |
| 8 | For example , sexual differences in body size range from species , like worms of the genus Bonnellia , where females can be over 25 times the length of males ( Barnes , 1974 ) to species like the southern elephant seal , Mirounga leonina , where mature males average eight times the weight of females ( Bryden , 1969 ) . |
| 9 | At ground level , NOx is three times more potent than C02 , but at the height at which aircraft normally cruise ( around 12 km ) , it can be over 300 times as powerful . |
| 10 | These leaps can be over 3 metres high , and the accompanying kicks release scent from glands on their fetlocks into the air . |
| 11 | The individual polja can be over 65 km ( 40 miles ) long , but are seldom more than a few kilometres across , their long axes conforming to the north-west to south-east direction of the Dinaric trend lines . |
| 12 | As we shall see in Chapter 4 , hand-held shots taken at extreme telephoto ranges can be pretty wobbly affairs , so the practical value of extended zoom ranges is somewhat open to question , though electronic zooms can be used for the creation of special effects . |
| 13 | Keeping an eye on the weather … adventurer Rosemary Upton Life can be just plain sailing … ( with a bit of help , of course ) WHEN you get into your seventies for some For Rosemary Upton , who is just into her seventies , life could n't be more hectic or more adventurous ! |
| 14 | As for Silverweed , all I can say is , I 'll keep Silver and he can be just plain Weed . " |
| 15 | These can be just those pieces which they find lying around the surface or they can be ripped off the growing plants . |
| 16 | there is an element of abuse on the part of some debtors — it can be simply one way of not paying the debt |
| 17 | If the fruits of the single market are not going to be realised , then there can be precious little incentive to go along with political and economic union , even if we wanted to . |
| 18 | ‘ It makes you realise your life can be here one minute and gone the next , ’ Alison told her mum in a trans-Atlantic telephone call . |
| 19 | These can be either rounded tholoids , cylindrical plug domes or irregular cumulo-domes . |
| 20 | AUCTIONS Can be either private affairs or organised by dealers . |
| 21 | The result of this can be either excessive user resistance to any type of computer , or total acceptance of all output from the computer without questioning the premises of the program . |
| 22 | Adhesives can be either rubber solution glue or egg white , which was used by the Victorians , and I think it is still the best option as it does not mark the leaves and flowers — commercial glues do after a time . |
| 23 | It is as certain as most things in astronomy can be that black holes exist — and are , indeed , common . |
| 24 | It can be that magic moment in such dances as the Rose Adage in The Sleeping Beauty when Aurora triumphantly raises her hand from the fourth Prince 's grasp and holds the final attitude for several seconds revealing her complete command over the forces of gravity . |
| 25 | Their warty , slimy and sometimes scaly skins can be almost any colour . |
| 26 | A pattern can be almost any material , even plaster which has had a layer of sealer on it . |
| 27 | The ruff can be almost any shade of cream or red to black , and includes ear-tufts often of a different colour . |
| 28 | The range of woods is enormous , from dark mahoganies , through maples that can be almost bright orange , to a natural pine or bleached wood effect that can be very light indeed . |
| 29 | Running a teashop in a small town may seem fun but it can be agonisingly hard work , as can the village shop , the country pub and the small hotel . |
| 30 | Restriction fragment length polymorphisms ( RFLPs ) can be very powerful tools in these studies . |